Early Waking
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Topic: Early Waking
Posted By: Speck8
Subject: Early Waking
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 9:58am
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DS (15mths) has never been one to sleep in, but lately it's getting beyond a joke. This morning he woke and was ready to start the day at 4:50am!!!!! Seriously?!?! He's been doing this all week (waking at around 5am). He goes to bed at around 7pm (sometimes 6:30pm, sometimes 7:30pm) and he naps for about 1.5 hours during the day.
I've tried giving him a bottle, bringing him to bed with us, leaving him for 10mins but nothing seems to work. I'm hoping this is a phase and he'll sleep in till at least 5:30am or 6 again??? Eeeccckk - can anyone help? |
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Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 12:39pm
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My wee boy started doing this around 15ms too. Not quite as bad. I think we had a few 5.30am starts and then it moved to 6am for a few weeks. Last week he started to sleep closer to 7am, and even slept till 7.15am on 3 days, but is now back to 6/6.15am.
Has anyone tried one of those clocks you can get from the sleep store ? I guess there for older kids 
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Posted By: AbzandH
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 2:11pm
| Is it perhaps due to getting lighter earlier? Although mmoo, you may not have that prob with an internal room. Do they wake up upset? Could you leave them maybe half an hour and then go in? Even if they are happy talking etc they may just get the idea that its not quite time to start the day, and then stretch it out over a week until you're up at a time you find reasonable? |
Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 2:28pm
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Roo doesn't wake upset. When I hear him, I get up and get ready, so he's left to amuse himself for about 20mins, but after that he starts shouting. He's super duper hungry in the mornings, so it could be a growth spurt phase I guess
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 8:27pm
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I know this isn't very helpful but my DD did this for about 2 months last year (I think she was about 17 months when she started). It didn't seem to matter what I did or didn't do, she didn't sleep any longer in the morning at all. It turned out to be just a phase and she now has a much more normal waking time of about 6.30am. I just coped by going to bed earlier and (when I had to) snoozing on the couch while she watched half an hour of TV in the morning on the weekends. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 10 August 2011 at 10:09pm
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We have just been through this too. After a good few months of 5am starts DS has started to sleep until 6am. Which is not perfect but so much better than 5am! I feel like I tried everything as well and nothing made a difference. When I asked the plunket nurse about it she said that it is quite common around this age. Unfortunately I found there was no magic solution but just had to wait for the phase to pass. And it seemed like a long phase too at times! Sorry no solutions from me but I feel your pain. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: buzylizy
Date Posted: 12 August 2011 at 11:47am
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My son started waking earlier and earlier so we moved his bedtime up to 7:30 ish. This means he gets to about 6 in the morning. If he goes down before about 7:30 at night he gets up before 6, bright eyed and bushy tailed. It has been going for a couple of weeks. He used to sleep from 7:30 to about 6:45 but that is a thing of the past. We have tried everything to convince him to sleep later but nothing helps.
I don't have advice sorry. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: KitKat
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 9:03pm
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Sux ey... sorry no tips but hang in there. Im with you all the way at the mo- however, it can change in 1 day, litterally, so keep up the hope that tommorrow will be the day! ------------- 
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Posted By: Millyz
Date Posted: 15 August 2011 at 8:27am
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Also been through this - was mixed in with daylight savings finishing back in April and DD getting sick. She was up ready to go at 5am every morning for about a month.
Happy to say it was a phase and passed - we are back to around 6.30-7.00am wakings. I'm sure things will go back to a more normal waking time for you too!! :-) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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